Adebowale (Debo) Onafowora is a social entrepreneur with expertise in Agribusiness and Value Chain Development spanning 17 years. He is…
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Ady is the co-founder and CEO of Nilus, an impact-driven company that develops technology to fight against food insecurity. Nilus…
Alice Yung is Co-Founder and CEO of Micro PC – a social enterprise that aims to clean up the ocean…
Alina Bassi is a Google for Startups Female Founder alumni and more recently, she joined the Forbes 30 under 30…
Ami Komoda is the Founder of LeapCog Consulting, a support service helping purpose-driven and female-led SMEs to achieve sustainable growth…
In just 13 years, Amy Powney has gone from sweeping the cutting-room floor at Mother of Pearl to taking the…
Andrew Cooper co-founded sustainability brand 4ocean, with a fellow surfer Alex Schulze in January 2017, with a vision of cleaning…
Andrew D. Ive, Founder and Managing General Partner, created Big Idea Ventures to solve the world’s biggest challenges by supporting…
Anna Gedda was appointed Head of Sustainability at H&M group in January 2015. At this point, she also became a…
Anna is the Co-Founder of Real Food Bar, a company that manufactures nutrient-dense bars that tackle food waste through partnerships…
Annemarie Meisling is Senior Director of Corporate Affairs at Chr. Hansen – a leading bioscience company that is recognised as…
Arancha Cordero is currently the Chief Growth Officer at Danone Waters, where she encourages people to have healthier drinking habits…
Arnolda Angela Shiundu is the Head of Sustainability and Community Engagement at KBL, responsible for developing and implementing the company’s…
Bob is Senior Vice President, Cognitive Applications, Blockchain, and Ecosystems at IBM, where he is responsible for infusing emerging and…
Catherine Conway’s career has spanned both the private and not-for-profit sectors, always focusing on the interplay of how business interacts…
Celia Pool is the co-founder at DAME, which makes sustainable period products with the belief that women and the planet…
Chidozie Igweilo is a hardware enthusiast passionate about electronic products, specifically solar powered. He is the founder of Quadloop, an…
Chioma Ukonu is an award-winning social entrepreneur and social development professional with over a decade of hands-on experience and international…
Co-founder of The Cheeky Panda along with his partner Julie Chen, Cheeky Panda is Ranked 6th in the UK’s top…
Christian Cadeo is currently the Managing Partner for Asia at Big Idea Ventures, a hybrid venture firm with a focus…
Corine was born in 1973, Dutch by birth, married, and a mum of four. She graduated from Amsterdam University with a…
Daphna Nissenbaum is the CEO and Co-Founder of TIPA®,a leading developer and manufacturer of compostable packaging founded in Israel in…
David Drew trained as a Chemical Engineer at the University of Natal and started his career in the FMCG space…
David is the founder and CEO of Plastic Bank, a social enterprise helping the world stop ocean plastic while improving…
Dominik Campanella is the Co-Founder of restado and Concular. restado is the largest marketplace for reclaimed construction materials in Europe….
Elijah Amoo Addo is a Ghanaian chef and food stylist who has become a social entrepreneur through his creation of…
Emily Ewell is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pantys, the leading menstrual underwear brand in sustainability and women’s healthy intimates….
Emmanuel Faber is Chairman of the Board and CEO at Danone, and co-chair of the Consumer Goods Forum since 2019….
As part of our 'Regenerate' series, in partnership with 2N Management, we are exploring the way organisations are applying circular economy practices across multiple industries as an effective framework for achieving the UN Global Goals, speaking to the leaders who are changing the way we produce and consume goods.
In this article, Marcelo Behar, VP Sustainability at global cosmetics group Natura &Co, shares the steps its subsidiary brands are taking to reach their target of 95%+ renewable ingredients, and 95%+ biodegradable formulas, by 2030.
As part of our 'Regenerate' channel, we hone in on one of the main objectives in a circular economy - the drive to eliminate waste and pollution, inviting entrepreneurs working towards extending the lifespan of the products, materials and services they use, to share with their success stories and the barriers that still affect them whilst operating in a predominantly linear system.
Having resigned as a business analyst, Fela started out as the Founder and Creative Director at SALUBATA. He has won…
Fiona has over 15 years’ experience in leading global campaigns. Starting her career at IMG in Florida working for tennis…
Fran Beer founded The Beeswax Wrap Co. in 2017 in a bid to live more sustainably and plastic-free. Now the…
Gabriel Chaman is the Co-Founder of Ally Mishky, an organisation that supports the sustainable production of agroecological and healthy products…
Gihan Amarasiriwardena is the Co-Founder and President at Ministry of Supply – a retail company innovating materials and design to…
Hamdi Ulukaya is founder and CEO of Chobani, one of the fastest growing food companies in the last decade and…
As part of our 'Regenerate' channel, in partnership with 2N Management, we hone in on one of the main objectives in a circular economy - the drive to eliminate waste and pollution. We are inviting entrepreneurs working towards extending the lifespan of the products, materials and services they use, to share with their success stories and the barriers that still affect them whilst operating in a predominantly linear system.
In this article, Tom Szaky, CEO and Founder of TerraCycle and Loop, articulates how multi-stakeholder partnerships are essential in driving action and innovation in the reuse space.
Tom Szaky, CEO and Founder of TerraCycle and Loop, is on a mission to eliminate the very idea of waste. Here he proposes that while consumer preferences determine demand, businesses and industry must create access to recycling programmes and steward redesign to drive change.
This article is part of our 'Regenerate' channel, in partnership with 2N management.
Meaningful Business and 2N Management are excited to present Regenerate - a content stream dedicated to the Circular Economy, with topics around systemic change, reduced wastage and building resilient circular companies. In this launch article, Martin Allen Morales, founder of 2N Management, articulates our aims for the channel and how we can end the take-make-waste model which currently prevails.
Ivonne Gamboa is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of GOAT, a social enterprise offering a sustainable solution for food waste…
As Co-Founder and CEO of UBQ Materials, Tato Bigio is redefining the concept and value of everything we discard. By…
James Reinhart is Co-Founder and CEO at ThredUP – the world’s largest fashion resale platform, promoting the switch to secondhand…
Jean Moreau is the co-founder of Phenix, a socially conscious company providing citizens and companies with easy ways to take…
Jesper Brodin is the CEO of Ingka Group. His career with IKEA spans over 20 years, and he stepped into…
João Paulo Ferreira is the CEO of Natura, the No. 1 cosmetics manufacturer in Brazil. Natura has built a presence…
Juliet Namujju is a female changemaker, entrepreneur, fashion designer, wastepreneur, environmentalist and innovator. She is also the founder of Kimuli…
Katrina Shum leads Lush Cosmetics’ sustainability program across five manufacturing facilities, two distribution centres and 250 retail shops in North…
Kaushal Shah is the Founder and CEO of envoPAP, a certified B Corporation which makes innovative, sustainable packaging and paper…
Kimberley is the founder and CEO of Vested, a company with a mission to ‘redefine millionaire to be a person…
Lena Pripp-Kovac is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Inter IKEA Group – covering the IKEA product and food range, supply,…
Manik Dhingra is the Co-Founder of Shoonya Environmental Solutions, which is currently engaged in the scientific disposal of non-recyclable plastic…
Manuel Laredo Garnica is a Bolivian social entrepreneur, named in 2018 as one of the 25 most important economic leaders…
Marcelo Behar is a sociologist and a lawyer graduated at University of São Paulo, in Brazil. He has worked in…
Marie-Claire Daveu is Kering’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs. She sets out the strategy and ambitious…
Markku Teräsvasara is the CEO and President of Metso Outotec. Metso Outec is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions…
May Al-Karooni is the founder of Globechain –the world’s largest reuse marketplace that connects corporates to charities and smes to…
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In this interview series, we are profiling the winners of the 2020 MB100; leaders combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Melina Marcus co-created Rebel Green with Ali Florsheim because they know that style has the power to change consumer habits…
Michael is one of the two co-founders of AgFunder, one of the most active foodtech and agtech VCs globally. He…
Michael Maggio is the president at iWrc (Inclusive Waste Recycling Consortium), a digitally enabled collaborative platform that builds a self-sustaining…
Mittal Kothari is the Head of Global Strategy and Business Development at envoPAP, a sustainable materials company. EnvoPAP uses an…
Noel Kinder is Nike’s Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO). As the CSO, Noel leads Global Sustainability, a team committed to protecting…
Olcay Silahlı is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fazla Gıda (Whole Surplus). He was born in 1988 and spent his…
Poonam Bir Kasturi is the Founder of Daily Dump, which is focused on the design, manufacture, distribution and servicing of…
Raj is the Co-Founder and CEO of AquaConnect, a pioneering deep learning/AI startup that works with shrimp and fish aquaculture…
Having learnt about what some are calling the Global Food Waste Scandal, Rayner founded Lumitics, a technology startup with a…
Richardos Lebbos founder and CEO of Startchy Inc. Startchy a US based a research and development house, developed a 100%…
Rose Marcario is the President and CEO of outdoor clothing company and private benefit corporation Patagonia. Prior to joining the…
Sahar Mansoor is the Founder and CEO at Bare Necessities (BN)—a hub for zero-waste living in India. Sahar, currently has…
Sarah Kaeck is the Founder and CEO of Bee’s Wrap, which grew out of a need in Sarah’s own family…
Sarah Paiji Yoo is Co-Founder and CEO at Blueland. She is on a mission to change conventional cleaning and personal…
Sean Molloy is a Co-Founder of Avertana, and was its CEO until 2020 before taking the post of Founding Director….
Stephen Boobyer is Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of the World of Books Group. He was Managing Director from 2008 to…
After a 15 year corporate career, Tessa Clarke co-founded OLIO along with Saasha Celestial-One, the world’s only neighbour-to-neighbour food sharing…
Continuing our deep dive into the Circular Economy as an effective framework for achieving the UN Global Goals, we are focusing on the impact that businesses implementing circular and regenerative practices can have on SDG 2: Zero Hunger.
Neighbourly facilitates the daily redistribution of surplus food to thousands of local good causes across the UK and Ireland for Lidl, Aldi, M&S and Sainsbury's, as well as other organisations in the supply chain. We spoke to its CEO, Steve Butterworth, to explore how circular practices help address food insecurity, and what businesses can do to help serve communities.
Theresa Millard runs Sustainability, Stewardship and the Kohler WasteLAB at Kohler Company. Millard joined Kohler Co. in 1988 and has…
Tom Szaky is Founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a global leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams….
Toni Petersson has been the CEO of oat milk producer, Oatly, for almost six years. He believes Oatly can contribute…
Ms. Tülin Akın, Founder of TABIT Agricultural Information and Communication Technologies Inc., was brought in to action Turkey’s first communication, e-learning and…
S4S Technologies is the food preservation company that invents new food processing machines. S4S sells these machines to farmers to…